RATIONALS
Noun
rationals
plural of rational
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
RATIONAL
Ra"tion*al, a. Etym: [L. rationalis: cf. F. rationnel. See Ratio,
Reason, and cf. Rationale.]
1. Relating to reason; not physical; mental.
Moral philosophy was his chiefest end; for the rational, the natural,
and mathematics . . . were but simple pastimes in comparison of the
other. Sir T. North.
2. Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or
understanding; reasoning.
It is our glory and happiness to have a rational nature. Law.
3. Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant,
foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational
conduct; a rational man.
4. (Chem.)
Definition: Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a
compound; graphic; -- said of formulæ. See under Formula. Rational
horizon. (Astron.) See Horizon, 2 (b).
– Rational quantity (Alg. ), one that can be expressed without the
use of a radical sign, or in extract parts of unity; -- opposed to
irrational or radical quantity.
– Rational symptom (Med.), one elicited by the statements of the
patient himself and not as the result of a physical examination.
Syn.
– Sane; sound; intelligent; reasonable; sensible; wise; discreet;
judicious.
– Rational, reasonable. Rational has reference to reason as a
faculty of the mind, and is opposed to traditional; as, a rational
being, a rational state of mind, rational views, etc. In these cases
the speculative reason is more particularly, referred to. Reasonable
has reference to the exercise of this faculty for practical purposes,
and means, governed or directed by reason; as, reasonable prospect of
success.
What higher in her society thou find'st Attractive, human, rational,
love still. Milton.
A law may be reasonable in itself, although a man does not allow it,
or does not know the reason of the lawgivers. Swift.
Ra"tion*al, n.
Definition: A rational being. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition